Cherry 2000 (1987)

In 2017, a successful businessman travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. He hires a sexy renegade tracker to find an exact duplicate of his android wife.

Director:

Steve De Jarnatt

Writers:

Lloyd Fonvielle (story), Michael Almereyda (screenplay)

Stars:

Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Pamela Gidley

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Andrews	...	Sam Treadwell
Jennifer Balgobin	...	Glory Hole Clerk
Marshall Bell	...	Bill
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Snappy Tom
Laurence Fishburne	...	Glu Glu Lawyer (as Larry Fishburne)
Pamela Gidley	...	Cherry 2000
Melanie Griffith	...	E. Johnson
Michael C. Gwynne	...	Slim
Brion James	...	Stacy
Ben Johnson	...	Six Fingered Jake
Jeff Levine	...	Marty
Jennifer Mayo	...	Randa
Cameron Milzer	...	Elaine / Ginger
Howard Swain	...	Jim Skeet
Jack Thibeau	...	Stubby Man

Storyline

In 2017, a rich man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his animatronic wife, Cherry 2000 has shorted out, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson (Melanie Griffith) to find her exact duplicate. Their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of Zone 7, under the tyrannical overlord Lester. During their journey, Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes, but of real flesh and blood.

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Plot Keywords:

sexy android | sexy robot | female robot | cult film | sexy woman | 

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Taglines:

In the year 2017, a good woman is hard to find. A Cherry 2000 is even harder.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 1985 and slated for release in 1986 by Orion Pictures in the United States. Due to reasons unknown, this never materialized and the film was released in Europe instead. The film would make its American debut in late 1988 on Orion Home Video, capitalizing on the buzz surrounding star Melanie Griffith and her upcoming film Working Girl (1988), for which she received an Oscar nomination. Several years later, Griffith said that Cherry 2000 (1987) is her least favorite film but also acknowledged that the film enjoyed some cult status on cable.

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Goofs

In the water tunnel as E. is beginning to exit the car, she says to Sam: "We're going to have to hoof it from here." The camera shot changes to a wide shot, showing E. starting to rappel down the tunnel out of the car. There is a crewman plainly visible (in HD) on the right side of the tunnel, possibly holding a boom mic.

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Quotes

Six Fingered Jake: Sometimes I feel like I know the whole story. And other times, I feel like it's completely out of control.

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Connections

Featured in Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten: Cherry 2000 (2013)

User Reviews

Urbanite hires crusty lady tracker to find sexy robot

This is the kind of film that gets under your skin. One of a small subgenre of Sci-Fi Westerns, its small flashes of inspired writing make it worth watching some night when there's nothing else to do. Cameron Milzer is particularly notable as a blackly comedic psycho-girlfriend, but Tim Thomerson and Melanie Griffith are no slouches themselves. Pleasant bleak visuals and an interesting score from Basil Poledouris (Robocop, Hunt For Red October, & the Conan films, as well as 60 other movies) make for a modest repeat viewability factor. Fun and stupid!

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cherry 2000

Filming Locations:

Goldfield Hotel - 69 Columbia Avenue - Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures, ERP Productions (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1